10 Terrible Moments Featured In DC Comics' The New 52
5. Lois Lane Outs Superman
Superman has given up his Clark Kent identity a number of times over the decades and told the world his secret, but those revelations are usually on his terms. This time, it was forced on him. In Superman # 43, having barely escaped the HORDR-PLEX - the evil organization that was weaponizing information - Clark, Lois, Jimmy and Condesa all retreated to Lois’ apartment to allow Superman to recover.
Lois had just confirmed that Clark Kent was Superman. Tearfully, Lois tells Clark that she will keep his secret. Meanwhile, Jimmy threw up a small robot into the bathroom toilet.
The robot attached to a cell phone and told Superman to go to a specific location in one hour or his identity will be revealed to the world. Still not fully powered, the Man of Steel had to carry Lois and leap there. Lois hid and Clark was taken to a room where robots were setup to absorb the power of his solar flare. Seeing no option, Kal complied.
Lois had snuck inside the mountain and revealed that she had just uploaded the secret of Clark Kent and Superman and the story of HORDR to the internet, thus removing the organization's hold on him. The Boy Scout destroyed the robots but was angry with Lois, saying she had no right. When General Sam Lane arrived attempting to apprehend him, Clark angrily left Lois with her father.